Sentences with phrase «many school food professionals»

Whether you are a school food professional, a parent, a teacher, an administrator, or an advocate of healthy food for all, we have something for you at the School Food Institute.

Early on I published a similar post from another person «behind the lunch line,» TLT's anonymous school food professional whom I refer to as «Wilma.»

So when Poppendieck herself came by The Lunch Tray yesterday and took me to task for some things I've recently written about the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's leading organization of school food professionals, you can imagine how hard that criticism hit home.

School lunches: Balancing nutrition with what kids like (Gainesville Times; November 20, 2011): This balanced article explores the realities of school foodservice, and the impact health and restaurant trends have on how school food professionals develop menus, balancing what kids like with nutrition requirements.

But I think this may be one rare case in which the interests of Big Ag and the needs of school food professionals (and, by extension, the kids they serve) actually align.

There are more groups participating in the conversation than ever before: school food professionals, administrators, teachers, custodians, and parents, are being joined by politicians, the media, and many health organizations.

I know there are many out there who regard the lifting of these caps with suspicion, but three school food experts whom I greatly respect (Justin Gagnon, Dana Woldow and «Wilma,» my anonymous school food professional) all guest blogged here to explain that the caps were impeding schools» ability to serve healthful and more creative meals.

In fact, when I spoke to Rivas yesterday she was in Washington, D.C. as an invited guest of the First Lady for her Summer Harvest in the White House Kitchen Garden, one of just three school food professionals invited by the White House to the event.

Everyone from school food professionals to concerned parents, from vegans to junk food lovers, have come by over the years to share their thoughts.

Thanks for coming by The Lunch Tray — I greatly value the input of readers who are school food professionals and can share their real world experiences.

If you're a school food professional, I'd love to get your thoughts, too.

For those who don't know, Wilma is TLT's anonymous school food professional, so her stamp of approval is important!

This so - called «waiver» provision has been enthusiastically supported by the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, despite the fact that the SNA supported these same healthy nutritional standards when they were first adopted.

That has led many school food professionals to complain they've been saddled with an unfunded mandate and it has incentivized them to cut breakfast -LSB-...]

How did the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, go from being a vocal supporter of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to the moving force behind current efforts to gut that legislation?

His piece traces the evolution of the School Nutrition Association, the largest organization of school food professionals, from one - time supporter of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to its current role as a vocal critic of school food reform on Capitol Hill.

But, perversely, this good news actually poses a serious threat to the SNA, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals.

The School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is currently lobbying Congress to weaken federal school meal standards regarding whole grains, sodium and fruits and vegetables.

Ironically enough, in an «urgent message» SNA sent to its 55,000 members this week to discourage them from signing an open letter supporting healthier meal standards, the organization reassured school food professionals that it welcomes their «thoughts and concerns.»

But if the leading voice of school food professionals isn't even raising the issue, it seems all the more likely that Congress will agree to cost - free roll - backs of the law's key advancements.

The School Nutrition Association, the school food professional trade group, also endorses keeping the pizza regulations as is.

As I wrote in my 2015 post, «School Food Professionals vs. Kids: How Did It Come to This?»

The School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, has just released its 2015 position paper.

And as I sat through this district's presentation, school food professionals in the audience were eagerly asking for more details about all of it: the cost of the coffee cups, whether the lid and cardboard sleeve were included in the price, which extra-brightly-colored Trix were used in the treats shown above (apparently Trix Swirls is the more eye - catching choice).

Even the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is asking for roll - backs of some of the HHFKA's core requirements on the same grounds, i.e., that students are rejecting healthier offerings.

-LSB-...] The School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, has asked USDA to revert to the old system under which children can pass on fruits and vegetables at lunch.

As you know by now, the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is seeking to use the CNR to permanently weaken the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) nutritional standards for school meals (specifically, those relating to whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and lower sodium) on the grounds that kids are spurning the healthier meals en masse.

Back in 2010 Congress adopted greatly improved school food standards, which received bipartisan support as well as the endorsement of the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's leading organization of 55,000 school food professionals.

But now a survey conducted by SNA's own ally clearly identifies a «concern» of fully three - quarters of the school food professionals surveyed: they would like more funding for healthier school meals.

We urge the Board to work with USDA and other stakeholders to identify and adopt solutions to challenges encountered by school food professionals..

I've been following with interest a conversation on this blog's Facebook page among school food professionals discussing how they handle unpaid meal balances.

(For new TLT readers, Wilma is an anonymous school food professional somewhere in the US who occasionally helps me out with her valuable perspective from «behind the lunch line.»)

Other school food professionals commenting on that post (and also on TLT's Facebook page over the last few weeks) seem to agree.

See my post, «School Food Professionals Versus Kids: How Did It Come to This?»

But logistics aside, «Wilma,» TLT's anonymous school food professional, once informed me that sandwiches, when served in her own district, have been a non-starter with kids.

Ever since the School Nutrition Association (SNA) stunned child health advocates with its flip - flop on school nutrition (supporting strong standards in 2010, then urging their roll - back two years later), the organization of 55,000 school food professionals has thrown itself into the arms of House Republicans in hopes of pushing through its new agenda.

Yesterday, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) concluded its three - day Legislative Action Conference, for which over 900 school food professionals travelled to Washington, D.C. to lobby for the goals set out in the organization's 2017 position paper.

As I mentioned in a tweet last Friday, details have recently emerged regarding yet more internal strife within the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the organization which represents 55,000 school food professionals.

If there's a school food professional out there who wants to answer...

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And a huge thank you to the school food professionals who responded to my call - out about this topic on TLT's Facebook page a few weeks ago.

(E.g., Wilma, TLT's resident school food professional, has provided a guest post in the past.)

-LSB-...] times last year I told you how school food professionals had been complaining about one particular aspect of the new school -LSB-...]

I especially welcome the input of school food professionals, who may always comment here anonymously.

Wilma (TLT's resident, anonymous school food professional) contacted me by email to politely point out the many ways in which the rule would also strengthen wellness policies and their oversight (more on that below).

Reports from people like you — and my anonymous school food professional, «Wilma» — clearly indicate that in many ways the new rules are just wrongheaded and get in the way of providing good meals, and I always bow to people actually working with the regulations who would know far better than I.

If you're a school food professional and have feedback on the USDA announcement, please feel free to share it in a comment below.

-LSB-...] states did lobby for the changes, so did school food professionals around the country who claimed the caps were making menu planning unnecessarily complicated and restrictive.

And thanks also to the other school food professionals above who've taken the time to come here and leave their thoughts.